Yeah, I know, right?! Darned imprecision, anyway! Some people just can't get it right!
Made up a wiring loom for the gauges today. I was concerned that they wouldn't be visible (Lucas lighting, dontcha' know?) with the original, screw-in bulb holders & bulbs, so I bought new holders from England that use the GM-style push-in baseless bulbs. While they're not all that bright, they're a lot better than the originals, and they're still Lucas. They're all lit by 14 gauge single (+) and (-) wires, with small trunk wires branching off to each bulb holder, so as to keep the wiring tidy. Behind that dash is going to be a very busy place!
I took a pic of the gauges lit up - not too bad for over 50 years old!
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Now I'm working on sorting out the wiring. My EZ Wiring harness came separated into three groups: a tail group, a middle (cabin & dash) group, and an engine house group. It turns out that the wires weren't all sorted properly, with some wires in the wrong group (e.g., one of the rear turn signal power wires included in the cabin group, rather than the tail group), so I'm having to go through the entire harness to check every wire. That's gonna take some time.
I've also started making big holes in my fuse panel box, located under the horizontal scuttle panel (horizontal firewall), and accessible via a hinged door in that panel. The holes have to accommodate the various wiring groups, and face the right directions, as space is tight & I can't afford any errors there. The pre-wired steering column wiring connectors, in particular, don't have a lot of extra wire, so they have to get up behind the dash directly above the throttle pedal. The harness will have to fit tight up there to prevent fouling on the pedal, or my right foot
Ah well, little bits of progress. Or, as my wife puts it: "Moving the peanut forward, a little bit every day."
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